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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 7513652" data-attributes="member: 5142"><p>I had in mind the so-called "enlightened absolutism" of the 18th century. Warring and power struggles aside, the enlightened despots were fairly-benign absolute monarchs who largely wielded unrivaled power for what they believed was the greater good of their country and people. Hence my word choice. I do think that "enlightened despot" applies to how many DMs here would describe their role and function. Good faith autocratic absolutism performed for the greater good of their players. But benign absolute autocracy performed in good faith is still absolute autocracy, and it is the presumed absolute autocracy around the DM that I take philosophic issue with as a principle. </p><p></p><p>And this is the behavior I take issue with. You can rename "absolute power" if you like. Monarch? Ruler? Autocrat? Dictator? Authoritarian? God-Emperor perhaps? Pick something more neutral than "despot" if it would ease your mind. You and [MENTION=48965]Imaro[/MENTION] are all unsurprisingly missing the forest for the trees - perhaps from your own bad faith distrust and suspicion of me? - as you quibble over the term "despot." The greater point that you both ignore is that I prefer less autocratic power imbued in the position of the DM. So just repeating your inaccurate argument that my DMing preferences can be reduced to bad faith <em>is</em> an argument from bad faith, Max. It's insulting. It's a falsehood. And you perpetuating either would be in bad taste and poor form.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 7513652, member: 5142"] I had in mind the so-called "enlightened absolutism" of the 18th century. Warring and power struggles aside, the enlightened despots were fairly-benign absolute monarchs who largely wielded unrivaled power for what they believed was the greater good of their country and people. Hence my word choice. I do think that "enlightened despot" applies to how many DMs here would describe their role and function. Good faith autocratic absolutism performed for the greater good of their players. But benign absolute autocracy performed in good faith is still absolute autocracy, and it is the presumed absolute autocracy around the DM that I take philosophic issue with as a principle. And this is the behavior I take issue with. You can rename "absolute power" if you like. Monarch? Ruler? Autocrat? Dictator? Authoritarian? God-Emperor perhaps? Pick something more neutral than "despot" if it would ease your mind. You and [MENTION=48965]Imaro[/MENTION] are all unsurprisingly missing the forest for the trees - perhaps from your own bad faith distrust and suspicion of me? - as you quibble over the term "despot." The greater point that you both ignore is that I prefer less autocratic power imbued in the position of the DM. So just repeating your inaccurate argument that my DMing preferences can be reduced to bad faith [I]is[/I] an argument from bad faith, Max. It's insulting. It's a falsehood. And you perpetuating either would be in bad taste and poor form. [/QUOTE]
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